Kids Helping Kea

Kids are helping kea in all sorts of ways – making sure injured kea get medical help, sending us kea sightings, reporting problems with kea or telling others all about our wonderful mountain parrot. Here are a few examples;

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The Kea Conservation Trust would like to acknowledge the commitment of our sponsors, members, supporters and volunteers to the cause of conservation and best practice captive management of Kea in New Zealand. As a registered charitable trust, we rely on your support, to ensure kea are protected for the future.

Did you know? Kea Facts

The oldest known kea in captivity is 50 years old. Juvenile kea can be differentiated from adults through a distinctive yellow coloration around their eyes, mandible and nostrils (cere) which gradually fades to black/brown by 3-4 years of age.